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vorknöpfen

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌknœp͡fn̩/
  • Hyphenation: vor‧knöp‧fen
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Verb

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vorknöpfen (weak, third-person singular present knöpft vor, past tense knöpfte vor, past participle vorgeknöpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, dative reflexive, colloquial) to take to task, to give (someone) a good talking-to
    • 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
      „Ich habe mir diesen Torstenson einmal vorgeknöpft.
      I gave this Torstenson a piece of my mind.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • vorknöpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • vorknöpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon